Four Nights with Anna (2008) - full transcript
A worker, Leon, is deeply in love with Anna. (None of them are really young). During night time Leon will enter an open window and merely be sitting and looking at the sleeping Anna. He may also paint her toenails with nail polish. - Since he may also in daytime use different ways of being secretly near her, he is near in the barn, when another man binds her and rapes her. But here Leon makes a great mistake. He leaves the barn immediately after the rapist - almost as if they were together. Leon is the only one Anna could recognize. In the court he gives primitive answers. Why did he do it? "Love." He gets a 5-year prison sentence. - In a pause, maybe in an appellate court, Anna says to Leon, that she does not believe that he did it.
PAULO BRANCO and JERZY SKOLIMOWSKI
present
a JERZY SKOLIMOWSKI film
FOUR NIGHTS WITH ANNA
What did you do at the river?
Okrasa!
You saw a dead cow floating by
and heard a siren?
Want your sleeping pill?
Well, maybe yes...
Leon, will you wind it up?
Okrasa!
Will you remember anything?
You still got that hand?
And the ring?
There was a ring.
No, there wasn't.
The wife says there was.
There wasn't.
How can you bear this smell?
Report immediately to chief.
I hired you
knowing about your imprisonment.
I trusted you, believed in you...
Don't you appreciate it?
That man lost his hand.
Think what it means to him
to lose his wedding ring too.
So, will you...
return it?
I didn't... steal it.
Grandma! Snow!
Grandma!
I want to... report...
that a woman...
was raped...
In the old kolkhoz.
In the barn...
My name?
Okrasa!
Good morning,
your savings card, please?
I was thinking about white wine.
Manager, report to desk 2.
You have the same brand in red?
The white goes to your head
faster.
There it goes.
Two bottles of red
and two white ones, please.
And cigarettes.
Menthols. Two packs.
Just like you wanted, grandma,
I'm seeing a woman.
I'm listening.
So then I...
Yes?
Then I came closer.
I'm listening...
I mean, closer.
And?
Yes?
And then I...
saw...
her red toenails.
Yes?
And then...
Yes?
Then I heard a siren.
Then... I heard... a siren.
Cigarette?
Fine.
So you're standing there
and hearing a siren.
Yes?
What siren?
An... ordinary one.
You're saying, Okrasa,
a dead cow was floating
in the river,
and then there was a siren.
That's all?
There was a siren!
Calm down and try to remember.
So?
Calm down.
Pick it up.
Pick it up!
Calm down.
We'll start again.
Sit down, Mr Okrasa.
Not there, closer.
Cigarette?
Sign here, please.
But what?
Your quitting and severance pay.
Nobody told you?
We're closing the crematory.
Next month.
It wasn't my idea, Mr Okrasa.
We can't afford it any longer.
Our budget was cut.
I didn't steal.
I know that.
A patient found that ring.
He left it at home.
I wanted to apologize
but you know with all the work...
You've been a good employee.
And for the first time,
I can really pay you.
Take it, before I change my mind.
Remember your signature.
Thank you. That's all.
These are real diamonds.
I can find something cheaper...
Happy birthday to you...
You do not wish to defend yourself?
Are you admitting your guilt?
The Court finds the defendant guilty
based on circumstantial evidence.
The victim testified
that she had not seen
her aggressor's face
and refused to testify
for the Court
in this case of rape.
As a result,
the confrontation with the defendant
was unnecessary.
The Court took under consideration
the extenuating circumstances
presented by the Defense,
namely that the accused
was an illegitimate child
raised by an ailing grandmother.
However, the evidence
and lack of repentance...
Oh God...
No, thanks, I can't dance anymore...
Good health, happiness,
and success in your personal life.
Darling...
Thank you.
Sleep Tochka, sleep...
Don't forget that.
And hurry up. It's already 9 o'clock.
Leon, ducky,
you're the cleaning lady tonight?
Clean gets me excited, look.
Got a hard-on already.
Go ahead.
Leon will understand.
He's a rough rider himself.
Tochka, you were supposed
to take care of me...
We'll get him tonight anyway.
Stretcher, Quick,
Coming,
The IV!
Where's the damn IV?
Careful!
You may sit down.
Case number 6K9B/04/07.
The Court resumes its hearing.
The Court has examined all evidence
presented by the parties.
Does the Defense wish to make
any additional statements?
No, your honor.
Prosecutor?
We rest.
Has the defendant
decided to testify?
Yes.
The decision?
Yes.
The defendant will testify?
Yes.
The defendant testified that
on several occasions
he broke into the room of Anna P.,
in the nurse's lodgings
adjacent to the hospital.
Is this correct?
Yes.
You also testified that you spent
four nights in the victim's room
while she was asleep in her bed.
Is this correct?
Yes.
Did you at any point,
with any part of your body,
engage in sexual activity
with the victim?
No.
Did you, during any of these visits,
steal any objects
belonging to the victim?
No.
You testified that you removed
a cuckoo clock from the victim's room.
Do you confirm your testimony?
Yes.
Fine.
Why did you remove the clock
from the victim's room?
To fix it.
You confirm that in 2003,
you were convicted and served
a prison term for the rape
of Anna P., the victim in the case
currently under deliberation?
Yes.
You have consistently denied,
here, and in previous proceedings,
any involvement whatsoever
in the rape of the victim.
Do you uphold your testimony?
Do I?
In 2003,
did you assault and rape
Anna P?
No.
Then what was the reason
for your breaking
into the victim's room?
Why did you break in
four times into her room?
Love.
Louder, please.
Love.
"Romeo among us."
"A citizen of our town, duped by
overwhelming romantic feelings..."
Hey, dude, did you really
paint her toenails?
What a freak!
Take it. I don't need it.
I will not come any more.
I know it wasn't you who...
But I will not come.
present
a JERZY SKOLIMOWSKI film
FOUR NIGHTS WITH ANNA
What did you do at the river?
Okrasa!
You saw a dead cow floating by
and heard a siren?
Want your sleeping pill?
Well, maybe yes...
Leon, will you wind it up?
Okrasa!
Will you remember anything?
You still got that hand?
And the ring?
There was a ring.
No, there wasn't.
The wife says there was.
There wasn't.
How can you bear this smell?
Report immediately to chief.
I hired you
knowing about your imprisonment.
I trusted you, believed in you...
Don't you appreciate it?
That man lost his hand.
Think what it means to him
to lose his wedding ring too.
So, will you...
return it?
I didn't... steal it.
Grandma! Snow!
Grandma!
I want to... report...
that a woman...
was raped...
In the old kolkhoz.
In the barn...
My name?
Okrasa!
Good morning,
your savings card, please?
I was thinking about white wine.
Manager, report to desk 2.
You have the same brand in red?
The white goes to your head
faster.
There it goes.
Two bottles of red
and two white ones, please.
And cigarettes.
Menthols. Two packs.
Just like you wanted, grandma,
I'm seeing a woman.
I'm listening.
So then I...
Yes?
Then I came closer.
I'm listening...
I mean, closer.
And?
Yes?
And then I...
saw...
her red toenails.
Yes?
And then...
Yes?
Then I heard a siren.
Then... I heard... a siren.
Cigarette?
Fine.
So you're standing there
and hearing a siren.
Yes?
What siren?
An... ordinary one.
You're saying, Okrasa,
a dead cow was floating
in the river,
and then there was a siren.
That's all?
There was a siren!
Calm down and try to remember.
So?
Calm down.
Pick it up.
Pick it up!
Calm down.
We'll start again.
Sit down, Mr Okrasa.
Not there, closer.
Cigarette?
Sign here, please.
But what?
Your quitting and severance pay.
Nobody told you?
We're closing the crematory.
Next month.
It wasn't my idea, Mr Okrasa.
We can't afford it any longer.
Our budget was cut.
I didn't steal.
I know that.
A patient found that ring.
He left it at home.
I wanted to apologize
but you know with all the work...
You've been a good employee.
And for the first time,
I can really pay you.
Take it, before I change my mind.
Remember your signature.
Thank you. That's all.
These are real diamonds.
I can find something cheaper...
Happy birthday to you...
You do not wish to defend yourself?
Are you admitting your guilt?
The Court finds the defendant guilty
based on circumstantial evidence.
The victim testified
that she had not seen
her aggressor's face
and refused to testify
for the Court
in this case of rape.
As a result,
the confrontation with the defendant
was unnecessary.
The Court took under consideration
the extenuating circumstances
presented by the Defense,
namely that the accused
was an illegitimate child
raised by an ailing grandmother.
However, the evidence
and lack of repentance...
Oh God...
No, thanks, I can't dance anymore...
Good health, happiness,
and success in your personal life.
Darling...
Thank you.
Sleep Tochka, sleep...
Don't forget that.
And hurry up. It's already 9 o'clock.
Leon, ducky,
you're the cleaning lady tonight?
Clean gets me excited, look.
Got a hard-on already.
Go ahead.
Leon will understand.
He's a rough rider himself.
Tochka, you were supposed
to take care of me...
We'll get him tonight anyway.
Stretcher, Quick,
Coming,
The IV!
Where's the damn IV?
Careful!
You may sit down.
Case number 6K9B/04/07.
The Court resumes its hearing.
The Court has examined all evidence
presented by the parties.
Does the Defense wish to make
any additional statements?
No, your honor.
Prosecutor?
We rest.
Has the defendant
decided to testify?
Yes.
The decision?
Yes.
The defendant will testify?
Yes.
The defendant testified that
on several occasions
he broke into the room of Anna P.,
in the nurse's lodgings
adjacent to the hospital.
Is this correct?
Yes.
You also testified that you spent
four nights in the victim's room
while she was asleep in her bed.
Is this correct?
Yes.
Did you at any point,
with any part of your body,
engage in sexual activity
with the victim?
No.
Did you, during any of these visits,
steal any objects
belonging to the victim?
No.
You testified that you removed
a cuckoo clock from the victim's room.
Do you confirm your testimony?
Yes.
Fine.
Why did you remove the clock
from the victim's room?
To fix it.
You confirm that in 2003,
you were convicted and served
a prison term for the rape
of Anna P., the victim in the case
currently under deliberation?
Yes.
You have consistently denied,
here, and in previous proceedings,
any involvement whatsoever
in the rape of the victim.
Do you uphold your testimony?
Do I?
In 2003,
did you assault and rape
Anna P?
No.
Then what was the reason
for your breaking
into the victim's room?
Why did you break in
four times into her room?
Love.
Louder, please.
Love.
"Romeo among us."
"A citizen of our town, duped by
overwhelming romantic feelings..."
Hey, dude, did you really
paint her toenails?
What a freak!
Take it. I don't need it.
I will not come any more.
I know it wasn't you who...
But I will not come.